
08/08/2017
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Campaigners have described the decision of some food manufacturers not to use a colour-coded labelling system on cereals as "scandalous". Katharine Jenner is campaign director at Action on Sugar and FoodSwitch UK.听
0650
Eric Monkman and Bobby Seagull are back again to deliver today鈥檚 puzzle. Can you beat them?
0715
Labour is warning that an NHS staffing crisis among midwives in England is forcing maternity units to close their doors to new mothers. Cathy Warwick is the chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives.
0720
An estimated 180,000 police officers and members of the security forces are being deployed across Kenya听听as the country prepares to vote today in a fiercely contested presidential election. Marietje Schaake is the EU鈥檚 Chief Monitor in Kenya.
0730
The former head civil servant at the Foreign Office was the latest to voice fears of what lies ahead, saying on Sunday that Brexit negotiations have not begun promisingly and Cabinet divisions mean it is hard for the government to have a clear position. Alexander Downer is the Australian High Commissioner to the UK.
0735
A British model who was allegedly kidnapped and held captive in Milan has been telling UK police about her horrific ordeal, her agent has said. Gavin Lee is the 成人快手鈥檚 Europe reporter and Francesco Pesce is Chloe Ayling鈥檚 lawyer.
0740
Walt Disney premiered his film Bambi 75 years ago in London in the middle of World War II. Donnie Dunagan provided the voice for Bambi.
0750
A senior judge who spoke out about the lack of mental health care services for a suicidal teenage girl who has being held in custody has approved a plan to transfer her to a psychiatric unit. Simon Rowbotham is the barrister for Girl X鈥檚 guardian.
0810
After we leave the EU, European judges should no longer be able to exercise authority over British laws. Lord Neuberger is the president of the Supreme Court and Dominic Grieve is a Conservative MP and former Attorney General.
0830
Atlanta Zoo has announced the death of one of its orangutans, a 39 year old called Chantek, who was one of the few apes able to communicate in sign language. Lyn Miles is professor of anthropology at the University of Tennessee and Chantek鈥檚 former trainer.
0840
The Metropolitan Police chief constable Cressida Dick is expected to defend the Government's counter-extremism programme when she answers listeners' questions on the 成人快手鈥檚 Asian Network later today.听 Sangita听Myska听reports.
0845
President Jacob Zuma is facing the most testing time of his presidency. Members of Parliament are today going to vote in a motion of no confidence against him following the speaker's announcement that the vote will be a secret ballot.听 Dr Adam Habib is Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.
0850
Tributes have been paid to Martin Roth, the former head of London's Victoria & Albert museum, after his death at the age of 62. Tim Reeve is deputy director of the V&A and Nicholas Coleridge is the current chairman of the V&A.
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